Austin W
Senior Software Engineer at Discord
Sacramento, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAustin W is a Senior Software Engineer based in Sacramento with 12 years of hands-on experience building scalable full-stack and cloud-native systems. A University of the Pacific CS graduate with a software engineering concentration, he has strong Java expertise (including five years of intensive Java work), Kotlin, Python, and Spring Boot, and practical experience deploying microservices on Kubernetes. At Aruba/HPE he moved from intern projects—designing REST APIs, evaluating Elasticsearch, and automating CI—to production Python microservices and customer triage, and he continued that trajectory at Discord where he now ships at scale. An active open-source contributor, he has improved the widely used Aikar Commands Java framework by enhancing help systems and Bukkit integrations, showing attention to developer UX and compatibility. Known for clear communication and composed leadership under pressure, he also brings uncommon hands-on construction experience from service trips building homes in Mexico.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of the Pacific
Github Skills (11)
application-framework10
app-framework10
javas10
web-framework10
commandbar10
cli-framework10
bukkit10
java10
command-line10
api-design9
documentation8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
aikar/commands
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Java Command Dispatch Framework - (Bukkit, Spigot, Paper, Sponge, Bungee, JDA, Velocity supported, generically usable anywhere)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Austin's commits primarily focus on enhancing the Aikar Commands framework, which is a Java command dispatch framework. Their contributions include implementing features like command descriptions, and integrating help functionalities, thus improving the usability and documentation of the framework. Furthermore, they addressed aspects of the Bukkit integration, ensuring compatibility and refining help system generation for the Bukkit platform. The user's work demonstrates a deep understanding of the project's core logic.
bukkitjavaspigotcommandframework
mrkirby153/dotfiles
May 2019 - Jul 2026
Contributions:209 pushes, 11 branches in 7 years 2 months
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